Peace Order-Chapter 1490 - 1: Return of the Divine General, The Gathering

Also mentioned the return of the Yue Family Army corps.

Looking at these texts, Yue Pengwu seemed to see the happenings thousands of miles away. The tides of the world surged and ebbed, though he hadn’t personally experienced them, he could contemplate them from afar through letters.

Yue Pengwu, being highly emotional and righteous, a hero of his time, sighed for the death of Chen Fubi, felt comforted by the transformation of Chen Wenmian, and even chuckled at the actions of Han Zaizhong and others.

The changes and cycles of the world felt indescribable, except for sighing.

Upon reading Li Guanyi’s letter, stating that although the three forces of the Central Plains have temporarily halted their weapons, the previous four-front battles saw troop deployments of a hundred thousand at key battlefields, not to mention the far greater numbers of civilians and auxiliary soldiers transporting logistics.

Therefore, many places experienced farming neglects, increased taxes, and widespread exhaustion.

The Central Plains, in any case, suffered a severe blow to its vitality.

In such circumstances, the Great Khan, the second Divine General from the Turkic grasslands, led the first Heavy Cavalry Iron Futu and stationed forces at the border, eyeing the Central Plains covetously, even planning to ally with Chen Country to jointly attack the Central Plains.

Though Chen Dingye refused this.

Yet, the ambitions of the Great Khan were vividly evident.

If today’s plans fail, there will surely be other choices.

The Great Emperor of Ying Country, Jiang Wanxiang, had alliances too, uniting, and pitting against Chen Country; furthermore, Li Guanyi, Chen Dingye, Jiang Su, and Jiang Wanxiang had blood grudges.

Presently, the situation within the Central Plains is complex and volatile, with three forces entangled in heavy conflicts, alongside the Turkic grasslands exerting pressure from outside. Even though the Heavenly Strategy Mansion possesses troops and generals, the territory no longer compares to that day.

Nowadays, the territory is too vast.

Initially, Li Guanyi was Marquis Qin Wu, limited to the Jiangnan region.

Back then, Jiangnan was merely a thousand-mile radius, nowhere near today’s expansive, limitless thousands of square miles, not to mention the current variety of complex terrains.

The Western Regions part borders the Turkic grassland in the north and Ying Country’s Xiyi City forces, while waterways along the route connect to Chen Country.

The Jiangnan region is the waterway core.

It’s fair to say there are enemies in all directions.

For now, things are slightly better, battles are fought, the situation eases, and the Central Plains recuperates, unlikely to fight in the short term, but mutual hatred remains, just temporarily lurking.

Once in several years when recuperation is over, and weapons arise again, such complex terrain and the expanse of the territory might lead to multi-line combat scenarios.

If Chen Country plays its cards to cut off waterways, the Turkic Great Khan strikes from the upper Western Regions, Jiang Su handles the Jiangnan-Ying Country border, He Ruoqinhu and Yuwen Lie put away their pride, and punch through from Xiyi City to beat those Khans.

No matter how mighty and brave Li Guanyi is, he is hard-pressed.

Governing one country versus one prefecture is a completely different concept.

With a long border and many surrounding opponents, it’s really troublesome.

Not speaking of only Li Guanyi, even with General Xue’s last opportunity included, it seems somewhat tight, General Xue insists his last battle must be before the world is at peace, dream not of putting him to sleep early.

Having come to this world, without witnessing the most magnificent battle or the ultimate peace-bringing conflict of the world, going into a millennium slumber, only awakening to see from historical snippets, how can one be content!

General Xue nearly fusses:

"You cannot bully an old man like this!"

Li Guanyi’s division lacks the top-tier Divine Generals within the top ten ranks.

There’s no shortage of first-rate warriors and top-level strategists.

For water battles, there’s the Angry Scale Dragon King, for mountainous operations, Southwest Prince Duan Qingyu, for frontal assaults, Yue Qianfeng, Yang Xingshi, cavalry archery by Wang Shunchen, alongside half-champion Han Zaizhong—all first-rate warriors.

Additionally, Xiao Wuliang is recovering.

These first-rate warriors of the age rank between ten and fifty on the Divine General List, many with battle records well into the top thirty divine generals.

Beyond these, there’s Fan Qing, Qibi Li, Zhou Liuying, Ye Buyi, Gong Zhenyong among others, all considered brave generals of the time. Though due to youth, insufficient martial prowess, and leadership, they have yet to reach first-rate status, they hold ample potential.

Apart from this, there’s also a lack of numerous basic elite officers and commanders.

Lack of the strongest, lack of grassroots.

The former lacks deep heritage, the latter lacks time for training, within the Qilin Army and Heavenly Strategy Mansion, many colonels and fierce soldiers who have experienced great wars only need time for training and will become a batch of outstanding elite backbones.

Absorbing battlefield experience for transformation, possessing the ability to lead new recruits.

Ultimately, it’s all due to the lack of time for recuperation by the Heavenly Strategy Mansion and the Qilin Army, constantly racing through this chaotic whirlpool, fighting consecutively without rest, like a dragon vaulting into the sky, though force is fierce, it cannot keep up for long.

Without stopping for recuperation, it will resemble a comet in chaos, swiftly reaching the skies, dazzling briefly, only to ignite swiftly and end in a glorious manner.

Therefore, the Heavenly Strategy Mansion must pause and slow down.

Until young warriors systematically master their battlefield experiences, fierce soldiers understand how to lead new recruits and shoulder leadership responsibilities, and until wounded elite from the battlefield recover and re-enter combat.

Waiting for logistics and the livelihood of the people to recover over several years, once wealth is restored, Ying Country and Chen Country will face a stronger Qilin Army than before.